Empress with no Virtue Chapter 24: Falling into the water

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When Ji Wu Jiu went on patrol incognito to observe the sufferings of the people, he had witnessed with his own eyes the scene of common people bargaining over prices when buying things. They were all quarreling and arguing, which was much louder than the quarrels between civil and military officials in the court.

Today, he had the honor to see the women in the harem bargaining: the Queen Mother and the Queen had another dispute over what rank and etiquette should be followed to allow the eldest lady to enter the palace.

Ye Zhenzhen thought, Xu Weirong was the Queen Mother's wife anyway. She and the Queen Mother were much closer than the Concubine Xian and the Queen Mother, so it was best not to let this woman's status be too high, otherwise she would be another trouble.

Furthermore, it is impossible for the emperor to make a concubine or concubine as soon as he wants to marry any woman. A good concubine was made a concubine as soon as she entered the palace because she took advantage of the emperor's wedding. That was a special case. Xu Weirong's father was just a young minister of Taichang Temple, and her grandfather had no merit, and was suppressed by her grandfather Ye Xiu Ming, so the Queen Mother could not use her family background as an excuse.

Ye Zhenzhen had already figured out that although she and the Queen Mother were not at odds with each other, they were not far apart, so there was no need to take care of the Queen Mother's face, so she kept talking to her. The Queen Mother said that Xu Weirong was "gentle and generous", and Ye Zhenzhen said, "Who in this harem is not gentle and generous?"; the Queen Mother said that Xu Weirong was "full of poems and books", and Ye Zhenzhen said, "Why don't we let her take the exam to become the number one scholar? It's the same as being loyal to the emperor in the court, why should we be buried in the pile of makeup and powder like us who only know how to care for our husbands and children?" The Queen Mother said that Xu Weirong was "a well-known beauty in the capital." Ye Zhenzhen sneered, "It's full of beauty. Everyone in the capital knows that she is beautiful. It seems that this lady of the world often comes to the public." The Queen Mother said...

The Queen Mother could not continue speaking.

She was originally a taciturn person, but when she encountered Ye Zhenzhen who was so straight-forward and didn't even bother to go around in circles, the words she spoke were like small razors shaving straight into people's faces. She was really overwhelmed.

Then the Queen Mother glanced at Concubine Xian. She deliberately called Concubine Xian, thinking that it would be good to have one more person to help her out, but she didn't expect that she would never speak.

Of course Concubine Xian knew what the Queen Mother meant, but she slowly came to her senses in the past two days. The Emperor was angry with her, probably because he didn't like her meddling in Xu Weirong's affairs. In this case, Why should she get into trouble with this? And she also discovered that Ye Zhenzhen looked a little crazy on the surface and occasionally talked nonsense, but in fact she was really a ruthless character. She, Fang Liuyue, underestimated the enemy yesterday and fell into the ditch. She will never Not anymore.

So Concubine Xian sat motionless, not looking at anyone and saying nothing.

The Queen Mother turned to look at Ji Wu Jiu again. It stands to reason that Xu Weirong was accepted by the emperor on behalf of the empress dowager and empress. The emperor only had to sit back and wait for the beauty to fall into his arms. He did not need to participate in the previous affairs. The rules were so strange. However, if the emperor took the initiative to offer this little wife a promotion, the queen would not be able to refuse.

However, Ji Wu Jiu, who had always said that he must let his cousin enter the palace, today was like Concubine Xian, sitting upright and saying nothing.

The two foreign aids seemed to have been disarmed before they even opened their mouths, which made the Queen Mother feel very strange. So she was so confident that she was unfortunately surrounded by Ye Zhenzhen until she almost vomited blood. These two people are well versed in the art of bargaining. Each of them proposed a rank that was difficult for the other to accept. One wanted to make Rong a concubine of the second rank, while the other planned to give her a noble lady of the ninth rank. The conditions began to move closer to the middle of the two, and finally they reluctantly reached an agreement: a talented person of the sixth grade.

Coming out of Kunning Palace, Ji Wu Jiu said, "I don't see that you are quite good at bargaining."

When Ye Zhenzhen thought of the suffocated look on the Queen Mother's face, she felt relieved. When she heard the compliment, she felt a little carried away when she was proud, and said without hesitation, "Of course. If you destroy me in the future, I will If you go out to do business, you might be able to become a famous businessman."

Ji Wu Jiu stopped and looked at her with a frown, "When did I say I wanted to destroy you?"

Ye Zhenzhen lowered her head and thought, by the time you say it, it will be too late.

Seeing that Ye Zhenzhen was silent, Ji Wu Jiu opened his mouth and wanted to say, "I will not destroy you." However, he himself felt that neither party would believe such words, so he had to hold his tongue and remained silent all the way. .

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When Ye Zhenzhen returned to Kunning Palace, she felt a little depressed. He always felt that living like this day by day was quite boring. He had to deal with the schemes of smart people from all walks of life, and he had to be wary of Ji Wu Jiu digging holes for him. The most terrible thing was that he didn't know when the knife would fall when he held it up.

He could let her live or let her die.

Ye Zhenzhen even started to want to please him. But then he thought about it, Concubine Li pleased him like that, Concubine Xian also pleased him like that, he had never been merciful, let alone Ye Xiu Ming's granddaughter?

Ye Zhenzhen was feeling depressed. She wanted to relax, so she asked Suyue and the others to stay in Kunning Palace and went to the Taiye Pond by herself. Su Yue was worried and stood outside Xihua Gate watching her from a distance.

In the early winter, everything was dry, the edge of Taiye Pond was gray, and even the sky was gray, making Ye Zhenzhen feel even more depressed. She parked her chair by the pool and looked up at a huge bird's nest on a branch. The leaves had fallen off, and the bird's nest had no cover and was hanging naked.

Ye Zhenzhen took out the bird gun and planned to shoot a few shots at the bird's nest. She installed a huge box on the gun that could continuously supply gunpowder, which looked a bit nondescript. She raised the bird gun high, without aiming, and pulled the trigger at the big bird's nest.

Bang!

The gun blasted out a cloud of black smoke from the barrel, and the gun body vibrated violently. Ye Zhenzhen felt a tearing pain at the tiger's mouth, and before she could react, the gun flew out. She instinctively leaned back hard, and the wooden chair flipped backwards, crossing the edge of the pool just one step away, and fell straight into the water.

Poof!

Su Yue was so far away that she had a panoramic view of this scene. She only reacted when a huge splash of water appeared on the lake, "Empress! Someone is coming, the Empress has fallen into the water!" Several palace maids and eunuchs nearby heard the sound. He came and ran towards Ye Zhenzhen. Before he could get closer, he saw a figure jumping into the water on the shore, as vigorous as a flying fish. After a while, Ye Zhenzhen was carried ashore by him.

Ye Zhenzhen only choked on a few mouthfuls of water and was fine. However, her body was cold and her hands and legs also hurt. She shook the water off her head and looked up to see clearly who was saving her. Suddenly she couldn't hold it back and cried loudly, "Cousin, woo woo, cousin!" Everything surged through her heart. The pain was unspeakable, as if she was being strangled so hard by a rope that she couldn't breathe. She could only cry one after another, and the tears could not be stopped no matter what.

Lu Li had never seen her cry so sadly. He thought she was scared, so he patted her back gently and comforted her in a gentle tone, "Don't cry, Zhenzhen, don't cry, it's okay." ."

Su Yue led a group of palace maids and eunuchs to run over, "Empress!" She looked into the pool and saw that the chair had been damaged just now and could no longer be used after being fished out. Su Yue waved her hand behind her, "You guys, carry the empress back to Kunning Palace."

Lu Li let go of Ye Zhenzhen, and several eunuchs came forward and pulled Ye Zhenzhen's arms and legs respectively. One eunuch's hand was not heavy and touched Ye Zhenzhen's injured leg, causing Ye Zhenzhen to suffer for a while. Yelling, the tears became even fiercer.

Lu Li felt displeased. He pushed away the eunuchs and picked up Ye Zhenzhen himself. He frowned and sighed as he watched her sobbing in his arms.

Su Yue was a little worried, "Commander Lu..." After all, he is a man, and it is not appropriate to hold the Queen like this.

Ye Zhenzhen interrupted her, "I want to go back quickly." There was a cry in her voice.

Lu Li did not let go of Ye Zhenzhen, he said, "Let's go." The queen was so injured that she urgently needed to return to the palace for treatment, and no one else could say anything.

There are two roads from Taiye Pool to Kunning Palace. One goes around the back garden, and the other goes through the front palace. Lu Li looked at the shivering person in his arms, and couldn't bear to go too far, so he carried Ye Zhenzhen through the side doors of the front palace. Unexpectedly, when he passed by the Nourishing Heart Hall, he saw Ji Wu Jiu heading towards the Nourishing Heart Hall. Coming from the direction.

"See you, Your Majesty!" Lu Li couldn't kneel down because he was holding Ye Zhenzhen in his arms.

"What's going on?" From a distance, Ji Wu Jiu saw Lu Li holding a woman in his arms and walking away quickly. When he got closer, he saw that the woman was Ye Zhen Zhen.

"Back to the emperor, the queen accidentally fell into the water. Commander Lu is sending the queen back to the palace." Su Yue replied.

Ji Wu Jiu looked at the person in Lu Li's arms in silence. Her clothes were completely soaked and clung to her body; a few strands of dark wet hair were stuck to her forehead, and her face was pale; her lips were blue from the cold, and she was trembling in Lu Li's arms.

For some reason, Ji Wu Jiu found this scene a bit dazzling. He walked forward, took Ye Zhenzhen from Lu Li's arms and hugged her sideways, and glanced at Lu Li expressionlessly.

Lu Li quickly knelt down on the ground, "The savior of Wei Chen is so eager to offend the queen's body, please forgive me!"

Ji Wu Jiu looked down at the tears on Ye Zhen Zhen’s face, “That’s it, the merits and demerits are equal to each other.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Ji Wu Jiu hugged Ye Zhen Zhen and walked on the green bricks. The green tiles and red walls gave this gray world a bit of color. The cold wind came along the corner of the wall and wrapped around Ye Zhenzhen's body, making her almost unconscious.

Ye Zhenzhen became a little impatient and said in a bad tone, "Hurry up, I'm freezing."

Ji Wu Jiu’s tone was also very unkind, “You don’t want your legs anymore?”

Ye Zhenzhen closed her eyes tightly and stopped talking. The road today seemed to be extremely long and had no end.

After walking for a while, Ji Wu Jiu suddenly said, "Why were you crying just now?"

I want you to take care of it. Ye Zhenzhen thought to herself.

"I have never seen you cry, my queen."